Demonstration

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÉ›mÉ™nˈstɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Origin

From Old French demonstration, from Latin demonstrationem, from demonstrare ("show or explain"), from de- ("of or concerning") + monstrare ("show").

Full definition of demonstration

Noun

1. The act of demonstrating; showing or explaining something.
2. An event at which something will be demonstrated.I have to give a demonstration to the class tomorrow, and I'm ill-prepared.
3. A public display of group opinion.
4. A show of military force.
5. A mathematical proof.
• a. 1697 John Aubrey, , s.v. Thomas Hobbes:He read the proposition.... So he reads the demonstration of it, which referred him back to such a proposition,; which proposition he read.

Related terms

• demonstrable
• demonstrate
• demonstrator
• monster
• remonstration